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Wealth and the Wealthy

Exploring and Tackling Inequalities Between Rich and Poor

By: Karen Rowlingson,Stephen McKay

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Wealth and the Wealthy

Exploring and Tackling Inequalities Between Rich and Poor

By: Karen Rowlingson,Stephen McKay

Using many data sources, this timely book provides a comprehensive discussion of issues of wealth, looking at potential policy responses, including 'asset-based' welfare and taxation.

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271

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Policy Press

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ISBN 10

1847423078

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9781847423078

Lone Parent Families

Gender, Class and State

By: Karen Rowlingson,Stephen Mckay

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Lone Parent Families

Gender, Class and State

By: Karen Rowlingson,Stephen Mckay

Appropriate as supplemental reading for courses in Social Policy and Social Studies that examine the role of parenting in society. The subject of lone mothers is a controversial and highly topical social and political issue. This unique core text examines the key issues in the debate, and assesses their impact on the UK and other countries in a comprehensive and accessible way. Broad in scope, it covers a wide range of issues including gender roles, the relationship of the family and the state, and the relationship between social policy and labour market policy.

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217

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Routledge

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1317888677

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9781317888673

Social Security in Britain

By: Stephen McKay,Karen Rowlingson

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Social Security in Britain

By: Stephen McKay,Karen Rowlingson

Social Security in Britain provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the social security system in Britain. As well as covering the historical and comparative context, the book explains today's complex system in simple terms. Current issues, such as the policy debate around welfare reform and the effects of the social security system on individuals and families, are also discussed. Social science students, academics and professionals in many fields will find this book an invaluable guide.

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238

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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134927562X

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9781349275625

Inter-generational Financial Giving and Inequality

Give and Take in 21st Century Families

By: Karen Rowlingson,Ricky Joseph,Louise Overton

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Inter-generational Financial Giving and Inequality

Give and Take in 21st Century Families

By: Karen Rowlingson,Ricky Joseph,Louise Overton

This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of 21st century families in Britain through an exploration of intergenerational relationships. Drawing on new and extensive quantitative and qualitative research, the authors explore the giving and receiving of financial gifts. Despite growing concern about intergenerational tension and even possible conflict, the book finds evidence of a significant degree of intergenerational solidarity both within families at the micro level and between generations more generally within society at the macro level in Britain. However, given substantial inequalities within different generations as a result, in particular, of social class divisions, some families are able to support each other far more than others. This means that strong intergenerational solidarity may lead to the entrenchment of existing intragenerational inequalities. The book will be of interest to scholars and students researching Sociology, Social Policy, Family Sociology, Generations and Intergenerational Relationships.

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312

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Springer

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1349950475

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9781349950478

Attitudes to Inheritance in Britain

By: Karen Rowlingson,Stephen McKay

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Attitudes to Inheritance in Britain

By: Karen Rowlingson,Stephen McKay

With growing home ownership, more people will both bequeath and inherit assets. This has raised a number of issues central to policy and political debates relating to inheritance tax, retirement and pensions, the use of assets to pay for long-term care in later life and the role of assets in welfare more generally. All of these policy areas can be better informed through an understanding of public attitudes to assets and inheritance. This report draws on evidence from the first nationally representative survey of attitudes to inheritance in Britain. The main aims of the study were to explore the level of support for the concept of inheritance and how this varies by age, family-type and socio-economic status, as well as how attitudes to inheritance affect financial behaviour. Over 2,000 adults were surveyed. Focus groups of owner-occupiers in different age bands were also interviewed. The findings and implications for policy are fully discussed with over 50 figures and tables presenting the data in an easy-to-read format. an interest in issues around inheritance, housing assets and living-standards, including: policy-makers in central and local government; the financial services sector; the housing sector; academics; consumer groups; and the voluntary sector.

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